This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct option:Adam:'I have an old rocking chair in my bedroom.' A) Adam said he had an old rocking chair in his bedroom. B) Adam said he had an old rocking chair in my bedroom. C) Adam said he has an old rocking chair in his bedroom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adam said he had an old rocking chair in his bedroom. 2. Tom said to Mary:'' Why ..... " A) Tom told Mary. B) Tom asked Mary. C) Tom told to Mary. D) Tom said to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom asked Mary. 3. "I won't see you tomorrow", John said. A) John said that he wouldn't see me tomorrow. B) John said that he wouldn't see me the next day. C) John said that I wouldn't see you the next day. D) John said that he wouldn't see you the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said that he wouldn't see me the next day. 4. Ghost / I / thought / I / said / saw / I / a A) Ghost said i thought I. B) I said I thought I saw a ghost. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said I thought I saw a ghost. 5. We change Past Simple to ..... in reported speech. A) Present Simple. B) Past Continuous. C) Don't change anything. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect. 6. "I need some water." Kitty said.Kitty said (that) ..... needed some water. A) You. B) She. C) They. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 7. Tom said 'I'm going to London tomorrow.' A) Tom said he is going to London the following day. B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. C) Tom said he was going to London tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. 8. Dr Chan:I'm going to London tomorrow.$\rightarrow$ Dr Chan said he ..... to London ..... A) Was going, the next day. B) Went, the next day. C) Was going, tomorrow. D) Went, tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going, the next day. 9. Ian and Marvin: "We need new shoes."Ian and Marvin remarked (that) they ..... A) Will need new shoes. B) Need new shoes. C) Needed new shoes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Needed new shoes. 10. Eliza:'My friend lives in this part of town.'-Eliza mentioned that ..... A) My friend lives in this part of town. B) Her friend had lived in this part of town. C) Her friend lived in that part of town. D) Our friend lived in that part of town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her friend lived in that part of town. 11. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerThe salesperson said: "I will look for shoes in your size" .The salesperson said that she ..... for shoes in my size. A) Will look. B) Is looking. C) Would look. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would look. 12. Jamie said, ''Today I will teach you how to cook." A) Jamie said that today I would teach you how to cook. B) Jamie said that that day he would teach us how to cook. C) Jamie said that that day he will teach us how to cook. D) Jamie said that today he would teach us how to cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jamie said that that day he would teach us how to cook. 13. Our teacher told us that the test would be easy.Teacher: " ..... " A) The test would be easy. B) I tell you that the test is easy. C) The test will be easy. D) I tell you that the test would be easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The test will be easy. 14. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerJane said: "I wore that jacket yesterday" .Jane said that she ..... A) Had worn that jacket yesterday. B) Had worn that jacket the day before. C) Wore that jacket the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had worn that jacket the day before. 15. Mia: "I have just finished reading a book."Mia said that ..... A) I had just finished reading a book. B) She has just finished reading a book. C) I have just finished reading a book. D) She had just finished reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had just finished reading a book. 16. He asked her ..... she would marry him. A) If. B) That. C) What. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 17. My grandfather said that he always ..... up early. A) Wakes. B) Wake. C) Woke. D) To wake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woke. 18. Barack asked, ''Where is Michelle?" A) Barack asked where Michelle was. B) Barack asked where Michelle is. C) Barack asked where is Michelle. D) Barack asked where was Michelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barack asked where Michelle was. 19. Luke: "I don't know what to do."Luke said that ..... know what to do. A) I didn't. B) He doesn't. C) I don't. D) He didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He didn't. 20. "Walter doesn't eat meat", Nick told us. A) Nick told us that Walter didn't eat meat. B) Nick told us that Walter eats no meat. C) Nick told us that Walter hadn't eaten meat. D) Nick told us that Walter does not eat meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nick told us that Walter didn't eat meat. 21. Jamie told me, "I'll never forget your birthday again." Jaimie said that ..... A) He would never forget my birthday again. B) He would never forget his birthday again. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He would never forget my birthday again. 22. He said, "Sue is coming to the party tonight" A) He said Sue comes to the party tonight. B) He said Sue was coming to the party tonight. C) He said Sue was coming to the party that night. D) He said Sue came to the party tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said Sue was coming to the party that night. 23. 'Bob doesn't go to my school.' He said that Bob ..... A) DIDN'T GO TO HIS SCHOOL. B) WON'T GO TO HIS SCHOOL. C) WENT TO HIS SCHOOL. D) DON'T GO TO HIS SCHOOL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIDN'T GO TO HIS SCHOOL. 24. "We finished this chapter yesterday." Peter said.Peter said (that) ..... A) They had finish that chapter. B) They have finished that chapter. C) They had finished that chapter. D) We had finished that chapter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had finished that chapter. 25. "We were at the hospital yesterday." Ginger and Claire said A) Ginger and Claire said that they were at the hospital yesterday. B) Ginger and Claire said that they were at the hospital the day before. C) Ginger and Claire said that they had been at the hospital the day before. D) Ginger and Claire said that they had been at the cinema the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ginger and Claire said that they had been at the hospital the day before. 26. Miriam: "I love chocolate."Miriam said that she ..... chocolate. A) Loved. B) Loves. C) Loving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 27. "I'm very sleepy now", he said. He said that ..... A) He is very sleepy now. B) He was very sleepy then. C) He had been very sleepy then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was very sleepy then. 28. The teacher said that ..... A) The Earth is largest planet in the universe. B) The Earth was the largest planet in the universe. C) The Earth is the largest planet in the universe. D) The Earth was the large planet in the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth is the largest planet in the universe. 29. "I can't reach the top shelf", Amy said. A) Amy said I couldn't reach the top shelf. B) Amy said that she can't reach the top shelf. C) Amy said that she couldn't reach the top shelf. D) Amy said that she couldn't reached the top shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amy said that she couldn't reach the top shelf. 30. Jeff: "They like the song."Jeff said (that) they ..... A) Liked the song. B) Like the song. C) Have liked the song. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liked the song. 31. Ann: "I was on holidays last week." A) Ann said that she had been on holiday the week before. B) Ann said I had been on holiday the week before. C) Ann said that she was on holiday last week. D) Ann said that she had been on holiday last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ann said that she had been on holiday the week before. 32. 'No, I won't do homework for you.' A) She refused doing homework for me. B) She refused to doing homework for me. C) She refused to do homework for me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She refused to do homework for me. 33. Jessica: "I am going to clean the room."Jessica said that ..... going to clean the room." A) I am. B) She was. C) She is. D) I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was. 34. Dr Chan:You can't see me until next Friday.$\rightarrow$ Dr Chan said ..... couldn't see ..... until the following Friday. A) I, him. B) You, him. C) I, he. D) You, he. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I, him. 35. Choose the correct reported statement."Peter has just left." -she said. A) She said that Peter has just leaving. B) She said that Peter has just left. C) She said that Peter had just left. D) She said that Peter is leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that Peter had just left. 36. "You are faster than me, I assure you" . A) He said I'm faster than him. B) He told that I was faster than him. C) He said I was faster than him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said I was faster than him. 37. Teacher: "If you study harder, you'll pass the exam."Teacher said that ..... A) If I studied harder, I would pass the exam. B) If I studied harder, I will pass the exam. C) If you study harder, you'll pass the exam. D) If I study harder, I'll pass the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I studied harder, I would pass the exam. 38. "I didn't see David." A) Lisa said she would not see David. B) Lisa said she had not seen David. C) Lisa said she has not seen David. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lisa said she had not seen David. 39. 'I'm not listening.' He told us that he ..... A) WAS LISTENING. B) LISTENED. C) WASN'T LISTEN. D) WASN'T LISTENING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) WASN'T LISTENING. 40. We are buying a house A) They said they bought a house. B) They said they are going to buy a house. C) They said they would buy a house. D) They said they were buying a house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They said they were buying a house. 41. "We were in the classroom" -the teacher said.The teacher said that they ..... in the classroom. A) Were. B) Had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 42. My mom told me that she would let me go to the party.Mom: " ..... " A) She would let you go to the party. B) She will let you go to the party. C) I would let you go to the party. D) I will let you go to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I will let you go to the party. 43. "Will is going to travel to Ireland" -dad said.Dad said that Will ..... A) Was going to travel to Ireland. B) Is going to travel to Ireland. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to travel to Ireland. 44. Someone was wondering if Alex ..... arrived yet. A) Is. B) Was. C) Has. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 45. I won't help them A) John said he will not help them. B) John said he would not help them. C) John said he did help them. D) John said they would not help him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said he would not help them. 46. He said that Andrew (a) to the stadium an hour before. A) Has gone. B) Goes. C) Went. D) A. had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. had gone. 47. "That day" in reported speech means ..... in direct speech. A) Yesterday. B) Tomorrow. C) That day. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Today. 48. "Everybody must try to do their best" , Jill said. A) Jill said that everybody must try to do their best. B) Jill said that everybody must tried to do their best. C) Jill said that everybody must to try to do their best. D) Jill told that everybody must try to do their best. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jill said that everybody must try to do their best. 49. "I had walked home before the party" , he said. A) He said that he had walked before the party. B) He said that he walked home before the party. C) He said that he walks home before the party. D) He said that he had walked home before the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he had walked home before the party. 50. Jimmy say: "I look tired." A) Jimmy said I looked tired. B) Jimmy said she looked tired. C) Jimmy said he looked tired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jimmy said he looked tired. 51. "I was in Greece last year" -Pola said.Pola said that ..... A) She was in Greece. B) She had been to Greece. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been to Greece. 52. He asked her ..... she had done it. A) That. B) Who. C) Why. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why. 53. "I have a present for you", mum told me. Mum told me that ..... A) She had a present for you. B) She has a present for me. C) She has a present for you. D) She had a present for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had a present for me. 54. Sam: "I go skiing with my family in winter."Sam said ..... he ..... skiing with his family in winter." A) For go. B) That went. C) That gone. D) To gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That went. 55. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerEmily said: "Women wore shoes like these in the past" .Emily said that women had worn shoes like ..... in the past. A) These. B) That. C) Those. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those. 56. "I'm staying with some friends" , Jim said. A) Jim said that he is staying with some friends. B) Jim said that he staying with some friends. C) Jim said that he stayed with some friends. D) Jim said that he was staying with some friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim said that he was staying with some friends. 57. "We will phone the office from the airport" , they said. A) They said that they will phone the office from the airport. B) They said that they would phone the office from the airport. C) They said that they would phoned the office from the airport. D) They said that we would phone the office from the airport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that they would phone the office from the airport. 58. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Did you enjoy the concert?" A) She asked if did you enjoy the concert. B) She asked if did you enjoyed the concert. C) She asked if you enjoy the concert. D) She asked if I enjoyed the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked if I enjoyed the concert. 59. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Are you coming to the party?" A) She asked if are you coming to the party. B) She asked if were you coming to the party. C) She asked if you are coming to the party. D) She asked if I was coming to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked if I was coming to the party. 60. Diana: "I'm studying Spanish." A) Diana said that she was studying Spanish. B) Diana said that she is studying Spanish. C) Diana said that she had been studying Spanish. D) Diana told that she was studying Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diana said that she was studying Spanish. 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